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http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/04/25/okcity-won-and-lost-knocking-off-houston/#commentsWed, 25 Apr 2012 19:43:32 +0000http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/?p=119494During the Oklahoma City Barons series clinching win over the Houston Aeros Tuesday, defenceman Colten Tuebert took a puck in the face and he might not play in the next round against either San Antonio, Abbotsford or Milwaukee.

“He has …

]]>During the Oklahoma City Barons series clinching win over the Houston Aeros Tuesday, defenceman Colten Tuebert took a puck in the face and he might not play in the next round against either San Antonio, Abbotsford or Milwaukee.

“He has some fractures,” said farm team coach Todd Nelson. “He’ll need some work done in the next couple of days and won’t be playing for quite some time.”

Teubert wears a visor but the puck got underneath it. “He went stick to puck, a guy shot and it redirected off Colten’s stick and got him in the face. No way to guard against that,” said Nelson.

The Barons, who beat the Aeros in four games, outscoring them 14-4, should be getting Taylor Chorney (knee) back for the next series so he’ll take Teubert’s spot in the top six. Second-round draft Martin Marancin, who finished the year with the Regina Pats, is there on an amateur tryout. “He’s been our seventh defenceman,” said Nelson.

The Barons, who opened the Aeros’ series in Houston against the No. 8 seed, for games one and two, then had the next three at home, won’t open the next round until May 3. They’ll play the first two at home, then the next three on the road, finishing up with games 6 and 7 in Oklahoma City if it goes that far.

San Antonio, the No. 7 seed, will play the Barons if they beat Craig MacTavish’s Chicago Wolves Wednesday night. The Florida Panthers’ farm club is up 2-1 over the Vancouver Canucks affiliate. Abbotsford, Calgary’s farm club, is up 2-0 on Milwaukee, Nashville’s AHL affiliate. If San Antonio knocks off the Wolves and Abbotsford gets past Milwaukee, Abbotsford would play the Toronto Marlies in the next round. How’s that for travel?

Lots of drama. Highs and lows against the Minnesota Wild Tuesday night in Edmonton Oilers 4-3 loss. Marancin, 19, played 16:20, 22 shifts on the Oilers’ blueline, had an assist …

]]>OK, we’ve seen the first chapter of Martin Marancin’s book.

Lots of drama. Highs and lows against the Minnesota Wild Tuesday night in Edmonton Oilers 4-3 loss. Marancin, 19, played 16:20, 22 shifts on the Oilers’ blueline, had an assist on Anton Lander’s goal and was on the ice for Magnus Paajarvi’s score, too. But he was also on the ice for two of the first three Minnesota tallies–Jared Spurgeon’s shot that ripped off his foot and past Nikolai Khabibulin and he was caught well up ice on Pierre-Marc Bouchard’s two-on-breakout with Guillaume Latendresse.

The 6’4″ 187-pound defenceman was good and bad, like most teenagers. Attention deficit at times, also some plays where you went “oooh, that was good.” On the whole, too much risk, but, again, he’s a kid, making mistakes.

He’s not ready for the NHL, for sure. He probably isn’t ready for the AHL, either, although that is a consideration because of his size.

The Slovak defenceman, who played last year with Dean Clark’s Prince George Cougars after the Oilers took him in the second round of the 2010 draft, using the pick they got from Carolina when they sent Riley Nash to the Hurricanes, had a terrific first WHL junior season with 56 points in 67 games. While some people think he might be ready for the American League, that he might get one of the six or seven pro spots in Oklahoma City–he can play there and not go back to junior because he was drafted as a European junior– I don’t buy it.

I think he would be better off back in junior, dominating. I wouldn’t be surprised in the next few days if the Oilers tell him to rejoin Clark’s team. He’s got the size–long arms and long legs–and the reach and he can really hammer the puck, but he also showed some pretty good fluster against Minnesota. Like we said, he’s a kid with tools but not the toolbox yet to play against older guys.

“Martin and David Musil…same thing. They were both so nervous this morning,” said Oilers’ associate coach Ralph Krueger, who ran the bench against the Wild with head man Tom Renney in Saskatoon with the split squad playing the Chicago Blackhawks.

“It’s wonderful to have exhibition games where young players can gain experience like this. They had some premier jitters but they battled hard and showed up at times,” said Krueger.

“David (son of Oilers’ scout Frank Musil) showed a lot of maturity as the game went on and Marancin showed the offensive brilliance we’re looking for. He’ll be an offensive (pro) player eventually, but he has to add some things to his game. He has to add some strength. He had some trouble with the battles down low, in front of the net. Otherwise, his offence is exciting,” said Krueger.